Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-29
RICH MEN AT LUNCHEON.
The s mple Fare Daily Set Before IL: n
Worth $500. 900, 0O0, ID the West
ern Union buiidii :, New York.
No LiqucTs-aoW tho NIagnstes Talk.
Gould, Diuor, Sage, and oshers.
Philadelphia Prose-.

NEN 1DhhI Eb3 IZ.-fOui u lf !Atti
worth collectively money enough II Guy
Bulgaria, or the CrIo0 Pzc.fc rcad, CT
Murray Hi, meet 9ni eat IuacAeG4 tc-
gether every sfte1no0n between l al ,
O'Clock in the western Union building Gu
Broadway. They you'd not be likely 10
attract attcn Iol IL G Gro Td. Ole looks
like I county s'oIekceper il 2 10 N on a
visit, one ike college professor Of 6
slightly clurcA turr, Ca2 Ike & sharp
little CUBAN tohaCC. List and tde other
two like Ordinary, Toil-itd solid city
business men. Their names will shoT,
however, thAt trey really answer
nc such description at 81,
for one is Jay Gould,
another in Cyrus W. Field, 3 thard is
Sidney Dillon, iculth in Russell Sage
and the nth is Ex-Governor AlorZ0 B.
Cornell. One is the richest man on the
continent, one las been governor CT the
Empire STATE, enc vas great man and
world famous before the others were
heard Of, anu oae, Russell Ssge, lost
S7,CsJ, 0C0 three years ago without being
able to see much difference IN his pile
afterwards Altc2elhCr they ere sup
pcszd 10 be worth $3.50, 600, 600 Or $780,
600, geo by r.cn 20 when the b:bel Ct
Wal Street IS not upT0ar ana confusion.
0Gc reason why Il! meet in tuis wey
every day IS that by doing SO tdey SC.
their luncheon for nothing. That may
sound ridiculous 20 anyone who supp0StS
that rich IGep, sitter getting their money
ny tariff, suddenly become dead 10 theic
early training; but, however thaU mag be,
the ffieAGs Of At least two Ct this little
company declare il to DE fact that they
are glad 10 economic in this way. TheIa
IS nc such daily CODClave IN the world,
The Standard Oil CUmpany's Executive
committee is the only body that compares
with 1t. It is really q grand daily irqaisi-
ton at which railroads and great corpora
tiCas & many kinds GIe apt &c be discuss
ed Ii & msDneF most Important 10 invest
CTS the world OSGr-trGg icSllY, il nay be,
oI happily or desultoIily.
WHAT TIE MILLIONAIREs EAT.
If the company is u1pretcntious SO ia
the fare and so is the room it IS served in
One item OF Western Union expense is
the serving Of G luncheon to its head
CLERKS and officials and yhese men with
golden brains and wizard hands snd bot
ton!ess pockets partake Of it as directors
Of the company, though they cone from
other tiices and other business 10 do SC
Tie daily meal is the plGiDest that most
OF the clerks ever get, but it is as rich a.
Jay Could or Rlssel. Soee wants, for they
are partial 80 plain food, Br. Gould's
digestion rot being what ne would have
ordered If We were buying digestionE
in mis- country, and neither G
t-em having ever acquired a taste
for isncy dining. Mir Field mus
find me Telegraph fare coarse and plain
ior ne Is good liver and fond Of enter
tanning distinguished felix's. Mr. Cornell
is Also accustomed TO elegant food, A
for Sidney Dillon, "GCt knowing, l cam
say" The body CT the meal is ept t,
consist ot plain Boiled rroast beef snt
vegetables ard the dessert is usual
ru,-wateTmelons iust now being
daily feature served IN abundance. The
never CAN tell what they are going to &c
till it is set before them. The room
an Office apartment CA the third floor c
the telegraph building on the Dey stree
side-a square little cell with high cell
ing, carpet, an ordinary!dining table ar
absolutely 20 ornamentation except Fl
official wainsCotirg that is common to s.
the rooms.
There Midas, CIPsus, FortunstuE
Of wealth meet contentedly, jay Goul
always taking the head Of the table an
The others facing one another in couple
il front of him. a Western Union waite
brings the mesl in when all are ready &c
ii. He does not stand behind Mr.. Gould
chair CT move around the table with til
side dishes. He disappears. An
promptly, sn4 is not rot seen agaiu. Ths
&c Ot nj
knows 1t. Some walters are paid to VS.
and some not to wait and "get." 1t
said that several men in Wall street hsy
been sufficiartly interested in the matt,
10 satisfy themselves on this point, the
ideas being that if ne waited in the roo
with these millionaire free lunchers
would be worth buckets of gold to kno
what he herr sid around the table, bl
though walters come and 60 Il
rule remains; none wait; all "get
NO CIGARS AND NO LIQUOR.
very curious thing about this millio
aire s. luncheon is, it has 70 social te1min
II 4, such IS one knows hat sll eplcure
enjoy, whether rich or poor. If you we
lett to picture TO yourself the manner
dining of four or i've sny-millionaire
you would dilate, in your fancy, upon Il
lingering Of the company over the
cigars, whose exquisite aroma wou
blend in your mind with the delicate be
quet from their petits verres, as Il
French call the little glasses of brant
OF liquor that accompany the thimbles
aromatic black coffee. That would be
your mind-altogether. Not one of I
company drinks ST this meal-not O.
smokes. Il seems to NE that have Sc
Cornell smoke elsewhere, but he does Z
do so here. Mr.. Gould never does nett
er does Mr.. Ssge. Mr.. Field may, but
think not; not here, st ell events. Lunc
ing with them eli is 8 purely mechanic
and peTfunctory performance and
dessert, or after service, is that which 4
lows when they have sent for the oltic
lawyers of the company, whose Offices G
one flight above, and have piled thu
with questions and are drinking in tn
answers. Smart counselC-s, those; llqr
honey their words, uSuslly.
But If there is no after repast such
one would fancy men of such Golcont
wealth would wish, here is no lack
zest to the conversation or of exquis
delicacy to thu mental dessert Of
meal. Rich and extravagant as was
custom with those poorer men Of Re,
who dissolved pearls in their cups, tn,
is better spice and condiment in T.